Nurse Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Develops nursing and medical support staff schedules.
• Maintains and/or improves levels of productivity set by administration and the needs of patients.
• Supervises care provided by nursing staff to ensure current competency and best practice standards.
• Conducts orientation for new nursing and medical support staff and provides in-service training as needed.
• Provides medication administration training and competency evaluation for required staff.
• Manages large inventory of controlled substances accurately.
• Completes daily and monthly regulatory reporting.
• Assists physicians by identifying, reporting and addressing changes in the client’s health status.
• Communicates daily with clinical staff to identify client needs so that they can be incorporated into the daily work schedule.
• Provides “on call” coverage as required and assigns other nursing staff to the “on call” schedule to ensure 24-hour coverage.
• Supervises staff to ensure compliance with agency policies and procedures for client record documentation and billing information management.
• Ensures integrity, proper organization, completeness and confidentiality of the client record in accordance with agency policy and procedure.
• Ensures proper safekeeping and dispensing of controlled narcotics.
• Directly cares for clients, including comprehensive admission assessments, preparing doses for direct administration and dispensing of methadone and other medications, providing physician-ordered medical treatment, transcribing orders, and collecting specimens for laboratory analysis or culture.
• Performs and documents Nursing Intake/Medical History in accordance with agency policy and procedure.
• Provides health education to clients, monitors client behavior and participates in treatment planning.
• Prepares labels and take-home bottles of medication for self-administration by client for periods when the medical clinic is closed or for clients who are permitted to self-medicate in accordance with agency policies.
• Records and reports any spillage that may occur while dispensing a patient’s medication.
• Participates in the on-going assessment of patients’ needs.
• Follows protocols for methadone dispensing as established by OASAS.
• Performs physical count and tallies medication at the end of the day.
• Completes follow-up assessment of clients who are treated for chronic and/or acute illnesses to monitor effectiveness of prescribed treatments.
• Makes reviews lab values to identify abnormalities and reports such to attending physician or physician’s assistant.
• Reviews medical record to assess care being provided and to ensure continuity of care.
• Responds to medical emergencies as needed.
• Documents all assessments, interventions and response to treatments in the progress notes.
• Maintains inventories of methadone, stock items and order supplies and medications as indicated.
• Maintains narcotic records as required by regulatory agencies.
• Reviews medication orders and obtains renewal orders or orders to discontinue prescribed medications in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Identifies quality of care issues and makes recommendations for improvement to Program Director, and Medical Director.
• Attends case conferences and other meetings as scheduled by the Program Director.
• Keeps abreast of changes in field.

Qualifications

• NYS RN licensure.
• BLS certification.
• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing with an Associate's Degree in Nursing.
• At least Five (5) years nursing supervisory experience with a minimum of which, must include 3 years of hospital, substance use or other behavior healthcare supervisory nursing experience.
• Proficiency in Phlebotomy and EKG.
• Possession of strong time management, writing and communication skills.
• Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills; ability to supervise, coach, mentor, develop, train and teach nurses/other clinical discipline providers.
• Available to work a flexible schedule and be to work all shifts as needed in response to program and staff needs.
• Computer literacy including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and EHR.
• Strong leadership and effective management skills.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.